Harris County

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to all its voters for the November election.The…

Gov. Greg Abbott’s order restricting the release of some Texas jail inmates during the coronavirus pandemic is being challenged in federal court. Civil…

From Texas Standard:Harris County is negotiating a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that could lead to dramatic changes in the…

Nearly two-thirds of the plastics-producing plants in the Houston area have violated air pollution limits over the past five years, according to an…

Harris County and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality are suing Exxon Mobil for allegedly violating the Texas Clean Air Act and Texas Water…

More low-level misdemeanor offenders will be sent to Harris County’s Judge Ed Emmett Mental Health Diversion Center instead of jail, local officials…

From Texas Standard.Thousands of residents living near the Addicks and Barker reservoirs in northwest Houston are still in cleanup mode after their homes…

From Texas Standard:For more than a year, Harris County has been caught in a legal drama over how it jails inmates who cannot afford to pay bail. The U.S.…